Show Rules
- The Show is open to all pre-registered attendees and you need not be present to receive an award.
- Entry fee is $5.00 per entry. There is no limit to the number of entries per person. An entry consists of a single Cichlid or Catfish. One entry per tank is allowed. No hybrids will be permitted except in the Ornamental Class.
- The show room will be available no later than 6:00 PM, Thursday July 25, 2024.
- Tanks, air tubing and filters will be provided. Tanks will be filled with dechlorinated water and kept at approximately 75 degrees F.
- All entries will be shown in ten gallon aquariums (twenty gallon tanks only available upon request).
- Entries must be set up by 12:00 PM, Saturday, July 27, 2024.
- The Show Committee reserves the right to assign entries to a class.
- An entry will be disqualified if it does not comply with the show rules.
- The decision of the judges and the Show Committee will be final.
- Entries in the Ornamental Class are not eligible for the People’s Choice Award.
- The Show Committee reserves the right to disqualify fish based on deformities, illness, poor condition, health, or death.
- Awards will be presented to the Best of Show, Division, and Class winners at the Banquet on Saturday, July 27, 2024.
- Entries must be removed from the fish room on Sunday, July 28, 2024 by 12:00 PM (noon) or they will be auctioned for the Guy Jordan Endowment Fund.
- Neither the ACA, GCAS, nor the hotel will be held responsible for the loss or
damage to the fish and/or equipment, or for personal injury before, during or after the convention.The ACA 2024 Cichlid Show is sanctioned by the ACA.